← Votes·2024-04-23

Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Feedstock for the production of biofuels and biogas

Vote ID 168697Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+12 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Feedstock for the production of biofuels and biogas”. S&D, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, ECR and PfE voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (245 for, 331 against, 31 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

245

Against

331

Abstain

Margin of victory

86 votes

Turnout (cast)

607

Absent

Participation rate

86.1%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 6Against 142Abstain 4Absent 27

S&D136 MEPs

For 107Against 14Abstain 1Absent 14

Renew100 MEPs

For 17Against 72Abstain 2Absent 9

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 5Against 51Abstain 0Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 5Against 38Abstain 8Absent 13

NI46 MEPs

For 13Against 9Abstain 10Absent 14

The Left38 MEPs

For 29Against 1Abstain 1Absent 7

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany45
Spain30
Netherlands14
Portugal13
Austria12

Most against

France44
Italy37
Poland36
Romania23
Czech Republic17

Divided delegations

Belgium
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 1Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 26Against 44Abstain 1Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 45Against 35Abstain 7Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 1Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 10Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 21Against 37Abstain 1Absent 17

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 14Against 12Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 8Against 36Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 1Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 30Against 23Abstain 1Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 1Against 16Abstain 3Absent 1

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